The International Journal of Information Retrieval Research (IJIRR) publishes original, innovative, and creative research in the retrieval of information. This journal focuses on theories and methods with an enterprise-wide perspective and addresses interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary applications in data, text, and document retrieval. Targeting information engineers, scientists, and related professionals, IJIRR integrates interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary needs for a complete approach to the significant issue of data retrieval in the era of information fusion.